23 ideas
| 291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
| 12104 | All ideas must be understood historically [Comte] |
| 12105 | Our knowledge starts in theology, passes through metaphysics, and ends in positivism [Comte] |
| 4424 | A warlike philosopher challenges problems to single combat [Nietzsche] |
| 12112 | Metaphysics is just the oversubtle qualification of abstract names for phenomena [Comte] |
| 12106 | Positivism gives up absolute truth, and seeks phenomenal laws, by reason and observation [Comte] |
| 12111 | Positivism is the final state of human intelligence [Comte] |
| 12114 | Science can drown in detail, so we need broad scientists (to keep out the metaphysicians) [Comte] |
| 12116 | Only positivist philosophy can terminate modern social crises [Comte] |
| 12108 | All real knowledge rests on observed facts [Comte] |
| 12109 | We must observe in order to form theories, but connected observations need prior theories [Comte] |
| 12107 | Positivism explains facts by connecting particular phenomena with general facts [Comte] |
| 12115 | Introspection is pure illusion; we can obviously observe everything except ourselves [Comte] |
| 2886 | The distinction between egoistic and non-egoistic acts is absurd [Nietzsche] |
| 4426 | A bad result distorts one's judgement about the virtue of what one has done [Nietzsche] |
| 293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
| 4425 | The overcoming of pity I count among the noble virtues [Nietzsche] |
| 20132 | To become what you are you must have no self-awareness [Nietzsche] |
| 20144 | Eternal recurrence is the highest attainable affirmation [Nietzsche] |
| 2889 | One repays a teacher badly if one remains only a pupil [Nietzsche] |
| 12113 | The search for first or final causes is futile [Comte] |
| 12110 | We can never know origins, purposes or inner natures [Comte] |
| 2887 | I am not an atheist because of reasoning or evidence, but because of instinct [Nietzsche] |